Remove microperl

It hasn't built in ages, and nobody has bothered fixing it, even after the threat of removal in perl5180delta and @nwc10's repeated threat in 2021, so let's make good on those.
Perl · Jul 26, 2023 · 1232708 · 1232708 · rwp0 · Jul 26, 2023
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diff --git a/Cross/Makefile-cross-SH b/Cross/Makefile-cross-SH
@@ -695,14 +695,6 @@ perl.gcov: perl.config.gcov
 	$(MAKE) PERL_SUFFIX=.gcov PERL_PROFILE_LDFLAGS='' perl
 	@echo "Now you may run perl.gcov and then run gcov some.c."
 
-# Microperl.  This is just a convenience thing if one happens to
-# build also the full Perl and therefore the real big Makefile:
-# usually one should manually explicitly issue the below command.
-
-.PHONY: microperl
-microperl:
-	$(MAKE) -f Makefile.micro
-
 !NO!SUBS!
 
 fi
@@ -949,7 +941,7 @@ _mopup:
 	-rm -f perl.pixie lib*.so.perl.pixie lib*.so.Addrs
 	-rm -f perl.Addrs perl.Counts t/perl.Addrs t/perl.Counts *perl.xok
 	-rm -f cygwin.c libperl*.def libperl*.dll cygperl*.dll *.exe.stackdump
-	-rm -f perl$(EXE_EXT) miniperl$(EXE_EXT) $(LIBPERL) libperl.* microperl
+	-rm -f perl$(EXE_EXT) miniperl$(EXE_EXT) $(LIBPERL) libperl.*
 	-rm -f config.over
 
 # Do not 'make _tidy' directly.

diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ make_patchnum.pl			Script to generate git_version.h and lib/Config_git.pl files
 makedef.pl				Create symbol export lists for linking
 makedepend.SH				Precursor to makedepend
 makedepend_file.SH			Precursor to makedepend_file
-Makefile.micro				microperl Makefile
 Makefile.SH				A script that generates Makefile
 malloc.c				A version of malloc you might not want
 malloc_ctl.h				A version of malloc you might not want
@@ -148,7 +147,6 @@ README.jp				Perl for Japanese (in EUC-JP)
 README.ko				Perl for Korean (in EUC-KR)
 README.linux				Perl notes for Linux
 README.macosx				Perl notes for Mac OS X
-README.micro				Notes about microperl
 README.openbsd				Perl notes for OpenBSD
 README.os2				Perl notes for OS/2
 README.os390				Perl notes for OS/390
@@ -197,9 +195,6 @@ time64.c				64 bit clean time.h (code)
 time64.h				64 bit clean time.h (header)
 time64_config.h				64 bit clean time.h (configuration)
 toke.c					The tokener
-uconfig.h				Configuration header for microperl
-uconfig.sh				Configuration script for microperl
-uconfig64.sh				Configuration script for microperl for LP64
 uni_keywords.h				Map unicode property names to numbers
 unicode_constants.h			compile-time macros for Unicode code points
 universal.c				The default UNIVERSAL package methods
@@ -5676,7 +5671,6 @@ regen/regcomp.pl			Builder of regnodes.h
 regen/regen_lib.pl			Common file routines for generator scripts
 regen/scope_types.pl			Regenerate scope_types.h
 regen/tidy_embed.pl			Program to clean up embed.fnc manually
-regen/uconfig_h.pl			generate uconfig.h (requires /bin/sh)
 regen/unicode_constants.pl		generate unicode_constants.h
 regen/warnings.pl			Program to write warnings.h and lib/warnings.pm
 t/base/cond.t				See if conditionals work

diff --git a/Makefile.SH b/Makefile.SH
@@ -1072,14 +1072,6 @@ $(PERL_EXE): $& $(perlmain_dep) $(LIBPERL) $(static_ext) ext.libs $(PERLEXPORT)
 
 	$spitshell >>$Makefile <<'!NO!SUBS!'
 
-# Microperl.  This is just a convenience thing if one happens to
-# build also the full Perl and therefore the real big Makefile:
-# usually one should manually explicitly issue the below command.
-
-.PHONY: microperl
-microperl:
-	$(MAKE) -f Makefile.micro
-
 !NO!SUBS!
 
 fi
@@ -1276,11 +1268,9 @@ CHMOD_W = chmod +w
 
 regen:	FORCE
 	-perl regen.pl
-	-perl regen/uconfig_h.pl
 
 regen_headers regen-headers:	FORCE
 	-perl regen.pl -v
-	-perl regen/uconfig_h.pl -v
 
 regen_meta regen-meta:  META.yml META.json
 
@@ -1370,7 +1360,7 @@ _mopup:
 	-rm -f perl.export perl.dll perl.libexp perl.map perl.def
 	-rm -f *perl.xok
 	-rm -f cygwin.c libperl*.def libperl*.dll cygperl*.dll *.exe.stackdump
-	-rm -f $(PERL_EXE) $(MINIPERL_EXE) $(LIBPERL) libperl.* microperl
+	-rm -f $(PERL_EXE) $(MINIPERL_EXE) $(LIBPERL) libperl.*
 	-rm -f config.arch config.over $(DTRACE_H)
 
 _cleaner1:

diff --git a/Makefile.micro b/Makefile.micro
diff --git a/Porting/bump-perl-version b/Porting/bump-perl-version
@@ -188,14 +188,6 @@ my @maps =  (
 	"$oldx$oldy",
 	qr/win32|hints/,      # README.win32, win32/*, hints/*
     ],
-
-    # microperl locations should be bumped for major versions
-    [
-        qr{(/)(\d\.\d{2})(["'/])},
-        sub { $2, "$1$newx.$newy$3" },
-        "$oldx.$oldy",
-        qr/uconfig/,
-    ],
 );
 
 

diff --git a/Porting/checkcfguse.pl b/Porting/checkcfguse.pl
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     # Skip matches from the config files themselves,
     # from metaconfig generated files that refer to
     # the config symbols, and from pods.
-    next if $fn =~ m{^(?:config_h.SH|Configure|configure\.com|Porting/(?:config|Glossary)|(?:plan9|win32)/(?:config|(?:GNU)?[Mm]akefile)|uconfig)|\.pod$};
+    next if $fn =~ m{^(?:config_h.SH|Configure|configure\.com|Porting/(?:config|Glossary)|(?:plan9|win32)/(?:config|(?:GNU)?[Mm]akefile))|\.pod$};
     open my $fh, '<', $fn or die qq[$0: Failed to open $fn: $!];
     while (<$fh>) {
       while (/\b($SYM)\b/go) {

diff --git a/Porting/checkcfgvar.pl b/Porting/checkcfgvar.pl
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ sub usage {
 	   # perl that we are running, not the version of the source tree.
 	   "Cross/config.sh-arm-linux",
 	   "Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770",
-	   "uconfig.sh",
-	   "uconfig64.sh",
 	   "plan9/config_sh.sample",
 	   "win32/config.gc",
 	   "win32/config.vc",

diff --git a/Porting/exec-bit.txt b/Porting/exec-bit.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ regen/feature.pl
 regen/keywords.pl
 regen/opcode.pl
 regen/regcharclass.pl
-regen/uconfig_h.pl
 runtests.SH
 t/TEST
 Porting/Maintainers.pl

diff --git a/Porting/makerel b/Porting/makerel
@@ -252,7 +252,6 @@ my @writables = qw(
     win32/Makefile
     win32/config_H.gc
     win32/config_H.vc
-    uconfig.h
 );
 
 my $out = `chmod u+w @writables 2>&1`;

diff --git a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
@@ -450,14 +450,7 @@ release and this is something you would have to do at the very end.
 When releasing a MAINT perl version, the C<PERL_API_*> constants C<MUST NOT>
 be changed as we aim to guarantee binary compatibility in maint branches.
 
-After editing, regenerate uconfig.h (this must be run on a system with a
-/bin/sh available):
-
- $ perl regen/uconfig_h.pl
-
-This might not cause any new changes.
-
-You may also need to regen opcodes:
+After editing, you may need to regen opcodes:
 
  $ ./perl -Ilib regen/opcode.pl
 

diff --git a/Porting/todo.pod b/Porting/todo.pod
@@ -1196,18 +1196,3 @@ One bit would be to determine how to clone directory handles on systems
 without a C<fchdir> function (in sv.c:Perl_dirp_dup).
 
 Fix Perl_sv_dup, et al so that threads can return objects.
-
-=head1 Tasks for microperl
-
-
-[ Each and every one of these may be obsolete, but they were listed
-  in the old Todo.micro file]
-
-=head2 do away with fork/exec/wait?
-
-(system, popen should be enough?)
-
-=head2 some of the uconfig.sh really needs to be probed (using cc) in buildtime:
-
-(uConfigure? :-) native datatype widths and endianness come to mind
-